Wannabe a Triathlete or Cross Country Skier?!

Perhaps this is my "mid-life" crisis?? Rather than buying the proverbial red sports car, I'm coming up with wacky ideas of what to do next as my next feat of athleticism. A few of us from the run team have crossed over to the triathlon arena and survived. I made the baby steps of buying a bathing suit, cap and goggles and downloaded the pool schedule at the Y. I have yet to dip a single toe into the pool, but all in good time. I'm okay with the biking and running part of the tri, but its the swimming part that kinda freaks me out. Training in a pool is one thing, but open water swimming has never been that enticing to me. But then again, before TNT, running was never enticing to me either.....

If not the Tri, I can always join TNT's x-country ski team for the Winter season. Granted, I've only x-country skied 5 times in my life, but hey, its an adventure, plus the event will be in Anchorage. I grew up as a downhiller, but was told that TNT didn't want to boost its insurance limits to host a downhill ski team---perfectly understandable.

Since its been like 100 degrees everyday, x-country skiing sounds really good right now!